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Obama takes aim at soaring college costs

New details expected in Obama’s budget plan

By Tracy Jan

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 13, 2012

President Obama has opened an offensive against the tuition increases at colleges that are depleting family budgets and leaving graduates burdened with debt. The initiative is of a piece with his claim to be standing up for the middle class in the coming election campaign.

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